Hebrew University Prof. Emmanuel Tov Wins Israel Prize for
Research in Bible

February 26, 2009 - Hebrew University Prof. Emmanual Tov will be
awarded the Israel Prize 2009 for his research in the Bible, the Education
Minister Prof Yuli Tamir announced. Read full article:
http://www.cfhu.org/node/659

Congratulations to Professor Tov!!

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Professor Kori Translated Samaritan Writings

Professor
Alexis Abdullah Ben Kori,
(b. Feb
10, 1873- July 1, 1925) of Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, translated
Samaritan writings for Dr. William E. Barton in 1906-08. Translations
include, History of Samaritan people Biblio
2404, the Sanctuary of Mount Gerizim Biblio 2406, the Sabbath Biblio 2408, On Circumcision Biblio2403.
as well as The Messianic Hope Of The Samaritans.1907 Biblio2405,
The book of Enlightenment Biblio 2402.
The published works are well known to Samaritan scholars.

Photo: Scanned from
the
Heart of Oak, the Pacific
University Yearbook. Photo of Prof. Kori credited
to “Pacific
University Archives.”

The translations were the first 4 chapters of a Arabic work (cc.1906/7) sent
to Dr. Barton by Jacob, son of Aaron, High Priest of the Samaritans. From the JD Purvis collection we have a reference: “Ten
chapters: 1. On the History of the Samaritan People; 2. On the Sanctity of
Mount Gerezim; 3. On the Sabbath; 4. On Circumcision; 5. On the Reckoning of
Time; 6. On Ritual Defilements and Purifications; 7. On Dietary Regulations;
8. On Marriage; 9. On Torah; 10. On Death and Judgment. The first four
chapters were translated by Abdullah ben Kori and published by Dr. Barton. The
remaining chapters have never been translated.”

Dr. Kori, was born in Tripoli, Syria, studied at Patriarchal College, Ain Traz,
Beirut, Greek Pontifical College of Rome, receiving his A.M. from Texas
Christian University in 1903 and a degree from the University of Chicago. In
1906, Dr. Kori received a chair of the Department of Modern Languages at
Pacific University. He also was translator
for
President Woodrow Wilson at the League of Nations at the Treaty of
Versailles in Paris 1919. More on Prof. Kori

References cited in A Bibliography of the Samaritans, Third Edition.
Edited by Alan David Crown and Reinhard Pummer, Scarecrow Press
2005.

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From this Editor

This Editor feels an interest to all Samaritan scholars of the following
listed in theWilliam E. Barton Collection:

This needs to be added to the Biblio under Jacob ben
AaronThe Samaritan Pentateuch: the story of a survival among the sects,
by WEB. Oberlin OH : Bibliotheca Sacra Co., 1903. Two copies, one
with parts cutout. Printed, 42 p. (C-061 WEB Box 3, Folder 27, Item 1).

This needs to be added to the Biblio “The Last Remnant of
Great Samaritan Race Being Cared For by Americans,” by E. K. Warren. The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times (June 9, 1918). (C-062 WEB Box 4, Folder
1, Item 9)

English translation and publication should be taken for
the Commentary on Genesis. Unbound, in Arabic, holo., 211 p. (C-061 WEB Box
3, Folder 7) JDPurvis: “The Biblical text is written in cursive Samaritan
letters, the commentary in Arabic.”

And more important of all an English translation and
publication should be taken for the last unpublished chapters of The
Samaritans: a History and Book of Ritual, by Jacob, Son of Aaron, High
Priest. In book form, in Arabic, holo., 296 p. Noted inside front cover:
“William E. Barton, Oak Park, Ill., Purchased from Jacob, son of Aaron, High
Priest of the Samaritans, 1907.” Noted on back cover: “Microfilmed for Univ.
of Leeds, April 1957.” (C-061 WEB Box 3, Folder 12) JDPurvis: “Arabic; ten
chapters: 1. On the History of the Samaritan People; 2. On the Sanctity of
Mount Gerezim; 3. On the Sabbath; 4. On Circumcision; 5. On the Reckoning
of Time; 6. On Ritual Defilements and Purifications; 7. On Dietary
Regulations; 8. On Marriage; 9. On Torah; 10. On Death and Judgment. The
first four chapters were translated by Abdullah ben Kori and published by
Barton… The remaining chapters were never translated.”

This editor wishes to thank the William E. Barton Collection
for displaying the information shown on their website (cited above) and Ms.
Sandra Agnes for her contribution of information and letters of her great
uncle A. Ben Kori.

2009
Annual Meeting; New Orleans, LA

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Nablus – Ma’an – Members of the tiny Samaritan sect gathered on Thursday on
the hilltop of Gerzeim Mountain, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, to
celebrate the Passover holiday.
The entire Samaritan community totals just 723, and is considered the smallest
sect in the world. They live only near Nablus and in Holon inside Israel. The
Passover holiday is the most sacred for this sect and it symbolizes freedom
from slavery under Egypt's Pharaoh. Both men and women traditionally dress in
white while celebrating Passover.

The Samaritans' Passover sacrifice
Amnon K'fir

A day before the Jewish Seder is held on the eve of the Passover holiday,
the Samaritan community gathers on the holy Mount Gerizim in the West Bank
to hold the their most important religious ceremony: the Passover
sacrifice. Photographer Amnon Kfir documented the ceremony during which
every family must sacrifice and eat a lamb

Subject: Symposium on other university in the Samaritan community
General call
Legend has the Samaritan Society invite you to attend a seminar entitled:
Samaritan community
Customs .. And traditions
Will be held on Monday 27/4/2009 at the second session and half in the stands
Zafer Al-Masri in the old campus, in the presence of the priest Hosni Wasif
Alsamari which would respond to the queries of participants.
Honor us with your presence
Legend Samaritan Society

Also coming

President of the University of Najah National Assembly approves the request of
an exhibition on the heritage and culture of the Samaritans it will be held in
the old campus at the end of next June.

The first-ever English translation of the
Samaritan Pentateuch, prepared by Benyamin Tsedaka will NOT
be published by Logos.
The book shall be published near the end of
this year. We shall keep you informed when we learn more.

Book Has New Publication
Date

SAMARITANS' PAST AND PRESENT:
Current Studies (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies)
(Hardcover) by Menachem Mor (Editor) will now be on
sale November 30, 2009 from the Publisher, Walter de Gruyter.

Jews and Samaritans: The
Origins and History of Their Early Relations, by Gary Knoppers,
(Oxford University Press, 2010)

Have you ever wanted to buy, Notices Of The Modern Samaritans: Illustrated By Incidents In The Life
Of Jacob Esh Shelaby (1855) by Jacob Esh
Shelaby and Edward Thomas Rogers. An original copy will cost
$250.00 or more, but now you can purchase a copy for less than $20.00. Or
you can read it at Google Book Search or

The Feast of Jeroboam and the
Samaritan CalendarM. GasterExpository Times, Jan 1913; vol. 24: pp. 198 - 201.
...place to discuss the origin of the Samaritans.
The belief that they owe their...mind, absolutely groundless. The
Samaritans are unquestionably the last remnant...to satisfy this
requirement the Samaritans split up four or five I of the...
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/24/5/198

A Comment on 'Samaritans, Jews
and Philosophers'

W.R. WilliamsExpository Times, Jan 2002; vol. 113: pp. 410.

...authorities continued to regard the Samaritans,
from certain points of view still...from Nathan Schur, History of the
Samaritans). However, bearing in mind the...century AD would so regard
the Samaritans. Neither should we disregard the...

Book Reviews : The
Origins of the Synagogue: Anders Runesson's The Origins of the
Synagogue: A Socio-Historical Study (Coniectanea Biblica New Testament Series,
37; Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International. pp.
573. ISBN 9I-22-0I946-4) is a work of note Heather A. McKay Expository Times, Sep
2003; vol. 114: pp. 426 - 427.
...sources, such as Josephus. The Samaritans are
a fascinating group of Jewish...link between Simon Magus and the Samaritans,
and reviews at length the arguments...provide about the persecution of the
Samaritans under Justinian. The earlier sources...
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/114/12/426-b

The Bandson Moses
Gaster Expository Times, Jan 1917; vol. 28: pp. 518 - 520.
...more ample chronicles of which the Samaritans
have also a goodly number. In every...p. 16. I have obtained from the
Samaritans two copies of this Tolidah which...the calendar, I read it with
the Samaritans, and when I asked what the duplication...
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/28/11/518

Literature
Expository Times, Jan 1907; vol. 18: pp. 543 - 549...quite pleasant to
read. Are the Samaritans worth a volume of 360 pages ? The...title of
the Bohlen Lectures is 7~ Samaritans, the Earliest Jewish
Sect...most thorough description of the Samaritans that has ever been
written in English...
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/18/12/543

Bookseller:
Simon Finch Rare Books(London, ., United Kingdom)Price:US$ 1170.72Quantity: 1
Shipping within United Kingdom:US$ 15.15 Book Description: Stockholm:
Albert Bonniers Fšrlag, 1917., 1917. Large 4to (312 x 229 mm), pp.56, [162].
80 black-and-white photographs, text by John D. Whiting, Selma Lagerlšf and
Sven Hedin. Top edge dyed black. Original decorative paper-covered boards,
upper side blocked in black and gilt with a motif depicting a ram and a blade.
Cloth spine and corners, spine blocked in black and gilt; Occasional rubbing
to boards at top and bottom edges, short splits to hinges at head and foot,
corners rubbed. Near-fine. First edition, no.67 of 300 copies. This remarkable
work made in the spring of 1914 constitutes the first photographic record of
the Passover celebrations of the Samaritans on Mount Gerazim: a twelve-hour
ceremony, lasting from sunset to dawn, in which Larsson shows the preparation
and slaughter of the offerings, portraits of the participants, and studies of
them whilst they pray. In January 1920 a selection of these photographs were
published in National Geographic under the title 'The Last Israelitish Blood
Sacrifice'. In March 1915 a plague of locusts had devastated the land and by
1917 the British had invaded Palestine as a province of the Ottoman Empire.
Between 1910 and 1930 Larsson was principal photographer for the American
Colony, a non-conformist Christian sect based in Jerusalem. In the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the American Colony Photographers
(who also included Elijah Meyers, Furman Baldwin and later Eric Matson)
jointly created a superlative collection of photographs of Palestine and the
Middle-East. After Larsson left the group, Matson became exclusive owner of
this archive, which he later donated to the Library of Congress (somewhat
controversially under the title of 'The Eric Matson Collection'). Bookseller
Inventory # 95966